Edison, Big Red earn sweeps; BL splits

Baseball roundup

April 20, 2014

RICHMOND - The Edison baseball team improved to 9-0 with a pair of wins over Union Local on Saturday.

The Wildcats won 5-2 and 4-3.

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Buckeye Local's Chase Hopkins

Clay Woodward pitched a complete game to earn the victory in the first game. The junior struck out seven and didn't allow a walk.

At the plate, Tanner Evans and Collin Skeeles each had two singles, while Nolan Marcus, Storm Allese, Josh Pasek and Collin Scott each reached base once.

Brian Flack started Game 2 with a pair of strikeouts in the first inning. Matt Johnson picked up on the mound in the second and earned the win after striking out two and not issuing a walk. Marcus struck out the side in the seventh inning.

Dylan Jones had a single and RBI for the Wildcats, while Marcus added a pair of singles. Allese added a double, while Evans singled

STEUBENVILLE - Justin Corsi and Paul Runkel pitched complete games to help pace Big Red to two wins on Saturday.

Corsi earned the win in a 4-1 victory over Cambridge by striking out four batters and allowing five hits. Runkel went the distance in Game 2 with a 9-6 win over Claymont. The sophomore struck out five and escaped a fist inning jam where Claymont scored five runs.

At the plate, Bryan Pierro combined for four hits, as did Niko Petrides. Anthony Zorne had two singles, while Corsi added a triple. Kasey Peterson colelcted two doubles and Brandon Jones doubled, while Dimitri Collaros singled.

Steubenville is now 10-3 and play at Wheeling Park in a make up game on Monday.